They felt that if you were righteous and justice then nothing would harm you. If you were befallen on with harm or bad luck, then you must have sinned. In the story of Job, who was a just and righteous man, God allows the Devil to set upon him. He is robbed of his wife, children, his home, and all of his livestock. His life is in ruins and he is physically ill. Others are sure that he has sinned and beg him to admit the sin, but he maintains that he is innocent and will not admit to sinning, and will not curse the name of God. In the end he is restored twice as much as everything he has lost, (Job 42:10) (Saint Joseph edition of the New American Bible, 1970). In the end the concept of justice and righteousness as a whole was given by God to Job, by the restoration, redistribution and God making right the health and prosperity of
They felt that if you were righteous and justice then nothing would harm you. If you were befallen on with harm or bad luck, then you must have sinned. In the story of Job, who was a just and righteous man, God allows the Devil to set upon him. He is robbed of his wife, children, his home, and all of his livestock. His life is in ruins and he is physically ill. Others are sure that he has sinned and beg him to admit the sin, but he maintains that he is innocent and will not admit to sinning, and will not curse the name of God. In the end he is restored twice as much as everything he has lost, (Job 42:10) (Saint Joseph edition of the New American Bible, 1970). In the end the concept of justice and righteousness as a whole was given by God to Job, by the restoration, redistribution and God making right the health and prosperity of